xián

worthy or virtuous person

HSK 6 #1943

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 1943rd character
Radical ⾙ (154.4)
Strokes 8
Index # 1074
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

贤 xián
  1. 1. worthy or virtuous person
  2. 2. honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation

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Words containing 贤

Word Meaning
Danny Lee Sau-Yin (1953-), Hong Kong actor and director
Joey Wong (1967-), Taiwanese actress
respect for the wise
Confucian classics and lives of sages
Confuciusornis sanctus (Jurassic fossil bird)
holy book
Treatise 134 BC by Han dynasty philosopher Dong Zhongshu dǒng zhòng shū
see the good and try to be like them
to recognize talent and have great respect for it
to step aside and give a more worthy person a chance (idiom)
diligent
(old) perfect wife; you, my beloved wife
a good wife and loving mother
worthy little brother
a virtuous and benevolent woman (idiom)
sage kings
sagacious prime minister (in feudal China)
sage
prominent and worthy personage
Jinxian county in Nanchang nán chāng, Jiangxi
Jinxian county in Nanchang nán chāng, Jiangxi
Jixian county in Shuangyashan shuāng yā shān, Heilongjiang
Jixian County, Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang
Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming